{"id":"sn38.2","title":"A Question About Perfection","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn38.2","title":"A Question About Perfection","units":[{"id":"sn38.2:0","sourceIds":["sn38.2:0.1","sn38.2:0.2","sn38.2:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.2\n1. Jambukhādakavagga\nArahattapañhāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 38.2\n1. With Jambukhādaka\nA Question About Perfection"}},{"id":"sn38.2:1","sourceIds":["sn38.2:1.1","sn38.2:1.2","sn38.2:1.3","sn38.2:1.4","sn38.2:1.5","sn38.2:1.6","sn38.2:1.7","sn38.2:1.8","sn38.2:1.9","sn38.2:1.10","sn38.2:1.11","sn38.2:1.12","sn38.2:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“‘Arahattaṁ, arahattan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.\nKatamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, arahattan”ti?\n“Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—\nidaṁ vuccati arahattan”ti.\n“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa arahattassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?\n“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa arahattassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.\n“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa arahattassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti?\n“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo etassa arahattassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṁ—\nsammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.\nAyaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo, ayaṁ paṭipadā etassa arahattassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.\n“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā etassa arahattassa sacchikiriyāya.\nAlañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘perfection’.\nWhat is perfection?”\n“Reverend, the ending of greed, hate, and delusion\nis called perfection.”\n“But, reverend, is there a path and a practice for realizing this perfection?”\n“There is, reverend.”\n“Well, what is it?”\n“It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:\nright view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.\nThis is the path, the practice, for realizing this perfection.”\n“Reverend, this is a fine path, a fine practice, for realizing this perfection.\nJust this much is enough for diligence.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn38.2/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}